While I was scrolling through Facebook today I came across something one of my friends had shared (its not Ebola related I promise). The title interested me so I decided to take a look.
I suggest if you are a college student right now, that you go and find this article and read it. Through out the article it lists off 19 realities to our current thoughts, feelings, etc. of college, growing up, and just life. Some of my favorites included:
1. You are not a mess-- stop apologizing for not having every little thing in your life together. Your bed is not made? You need to do laundry? Stop stressing yourself out on having it all together cause in realty--nobody has everything together all the time. Give yourself a break, man.
5. It's okay to let it go--stop holding on to little details of things. Let it go. It's weighing you down. How can you expect yourself to be happy when you have 495934 things you are holding on to still for no reason? Move on. Drop it & just be happy.
8. Some days are unremarkable, that doesn't mean you are-- Some days you will do nothing but watch Netflix and lay in bed. You are hungry but its 2am and all decent food places are closed. You feel like you could fall asleep at any moment and sleep forever. You will feel stupid for crying in your car, but you aren't stupid. The content of your day is not the reflection of your character.
10. You are not responsible for their feelings--Don't let anyone make you feel miserable because they are miserable. There is a line between being there for someone & being someone's emotional punching bag. Draw those lines. Try to direct them to something more positive. You and only you are responsible for your own happiness.
12. You will change and be different-- you are in college.. you are going to change a little bit.. and your body (you're no longer a freshman in high school come on) will change too. But don't push yourself, don't push your own personal growth. You will make mistakes, but don't think that you need to fix your entire life all at once. It will be okay.
19. You are already everything you need to be-- so if you need a good cry, then cry, but after you do, get over it, and go get life. Time doesn't stop so just keep on keepin' on, girl.
Your feelingsy blogger,
